Mullarney and Keane on top at Portmarnock Links
Ronan Mullarney. Picture by Pat Cashman
Galway's Ronan Mullarney got some competitive practice ahead of his first Alps Tour start later this month when he shot a level par 71 to win the gross in the TaylorMade Winter Series at Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links.
Irish Amateur Close champion last year and now a professional, he mixed birdies at the fourth and 13th with bogeys at the sixth and 12th to win after a countback from Portmarnock Links' Declan O'Neill.
Gary Cullen took the third gross with a 72 while another home player, three-handicapper Eamonn Keane, shot a 70 to win the nett by one stroke from Grange's Roy Connolly and Fortwilliam's Conor McErlane.
Keane's two-over 73 gross was an excellent effort, comprising a solitary birdie at the 13th against bogeys at the fifth, 10th and 18th.
TaylorMade Winter Series, Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links (Par 71, CSS 75)
Nett
Eamonn Keane (3) Portmarnock Links 70
Roy Connolly (1) Grange 71
Conor McErlane (5) Fortwilliam 71
Gross
Ronan Mullarney (Pro) Unattached 71
Declan O’Neill (+1) Portmarnock Links 71
Gary Cullen (+3) Portmarnock Links 72
